#1750818 - 01/28/10 03:15 PM
Re: Am I missing something? (Big South Fork)
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bsl
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People just checked them in wrong is probably what it is cecil.i've seen it done many times before.
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#1751674 - 01/28/10 09:27 PM
Re: Am I missing something? (Big South Fork)
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UPSman
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When I was in college and checked deer in for TWRA, some of the biggest deer I ever saw came out of the BSF.
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#1754668 - 01/30/10 11:10 AM
Re: Am I missing something? (Big South Fork)
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Bone Collector
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VERY VERY VERY few BSF deer get checked in as BSF deer. greater than 9 out of 10 are checked in as county kills.
This happens on all WMA's especially if the deer is a biggun. People just don't want to draw any attention to the WMA for fear that others will start hunting, which means more pressure. Public land hunters have it hard enough and do not want any added pressure. In some cases i believe the hunter is not really thinking about it and just checks it in, in the county it was killed in.
As for the doe kills were there any quota tags that maybe these people were drawn for?
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#1754936 - 01/30/10 01:22 PM
Re: Am I missing something? (Big South Fork)
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BigGameGuy
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I did a little research and discovered the problem, which I will fix on Monday. I traced the individual doe kills back to a single check station in Fayette county. It appears they were checking in deer from the South Fork Refuge as Big South Fork NRA.
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#1761410 - 02/02/10 10:14 AM
Re: Am I missing something? (Big South Fork)
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dmitchell28
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um...well Im proud to say, almost every deer I have ever harvested has come from the Big South Fork...nothing like Gods Country! lol There does seem to be alot more quality bucks coming back to the Big South Fork, but not many people hunt it anymore. It used to be overhunted now its barely hunted..might even be a well kept secret anymore.
Edited by dmitchell28 (02/02/10 10:15 AM)
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#1762059 - 02/02/10 04:32 PM
Re: Am I missing something? (Big South Fork)
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interesting oops there
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